Junior Market index moved up – Tuesday

Junior Market stock trading.


Trading ended on Tuesday with 31 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 4,609,652 units valued at $19,878,004, compared to 6,329,310 units valued at $24,906,239.61 changing hands on Monday.
Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with on Monday with the Index advanced by 12.91 points to close at 3,179.14 as the prices of 9 securities rose, 9 fell and 13 remained unchanged.
Trading ended with an average of 148,698 units for an average of $641,226 in contrast to 204,171 units for an average of $803,427 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 232,813 units valued at $666,944 and previously 148,698 units for an average of $641,226, in contrast to 204,171 units for an average of $803,427 previously. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the trading,  AMG Packaging  ended with a loss of 10 cents at $2.35, with 130,507 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading 1,586 units, with a loss of 1 cent at $4.97, Caribbean Cream closed with a loss of 17 cents at $5.20, with an exchange of 7,000 shares. Caribbean Flavours  traded 3,605 stock units, at $18,  Caribbean Producers finished trading  11,200 units to close at $4.60, Consolidated Bakeries closed 20 cents higher at $2, with 100 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.90, with 135,485 shares crossing the exchange’s trading platform. Dolphin Cove  concluded trading with 75,093 shares, with a loss of 95
cents to close at $14,  Everything Fresh  finished 10 cents higher at $1.75, in exchanging 12,000 stock units. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.10,  trading 4,900 units, Express Catering ended trading of 694,970 shares, with a loss of 16 cents to close at $7.30, FosRich Group traded 34,968 shares, at $4, Fontana closed trading 8 cents higher at
$3.99, with 511,282 shares changing hands. General Accident jumped 49 cents higher to $4.49, with an exchange of 1,038,615 stock units, GWest Corporation ended at $1.80, with 12,882 units trading, Honey Bun concluded trading of 1,100 shares for 7 cents more to end at $3.87, ICreate traded 561,314 and lost 4 cents to close at $1.05. Indies Pharma finished 13 cents higher at $2.83, trading 13,467 shares. Iron Rock settled at $3.50, with 92,970 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas  traded 15 cents higher at $4, with an exchange of 19,276 units, Jetcon Corporation  finished trading 108,985 shares, at $3,  Key Insurance  closed at $3, with the trading of 5,000 shares. Knutsford Express  concluded trading with 3,814 stock units at $12.90, Lasco Distributors  closed at $3.80, with 1,047,602 units changing hands, Lasco Financial settled with a loss of 20 cents at $4.60, after trading 10,462 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 10,451 shares with a loss of 2 cents to close at $3.25. Main Event traded with a loss of 20 cents at $5.60, with 1,236 shares changing hands, Medical Disposables rose 11 cents to close at $6.60, trading 19,900 stock units, SSL
Venture Capital
 ended at $1.95, with 15,000 shares trading and Stationery and Office concluded trading of 5,259 shares with a rise of 8 cents to $8.33. In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading 9% ended at $2.10, with 19,623 stock units trading.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Strong Junior Market index move – Monday

Jamaican Teas was the leading trade with 4.5 million shares on Monday.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with on Monday with the Index climbing 38.36 points to close at
3,166.23 as the prices of 11 securities rose, 11 fell and 9 remained unchanged.

ICreate was listed on Monday and traded to close at a 52 weeks’ high, of $1.09. The stock was sold to the public in an IPO at $1.01 in late January.
Trading ended with 31 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 6,329,310 units valued at $24,906,240 compared to 2,862,529 units valued at $11,545,436 from 28 securities changing hands on Friday.
The average was 204,171 units for $803,427, in contrast to 102,233
units for an average of $412,337 on Friday. The average volume and value
for the month to date amounts to units 238,595 valued at $668,712 and
previously 241,136 valued at $658,769. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the trading, Access Financial closed $4 higher at $53, trading 1,469 shares, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 4 cents at $2.45, with an exchange of 5,500 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 2,000 units and rose 4 cents to close at $4.98,  Cargo Handlers settled at $14,with 3,950 shares changing hands. Caribbean Cream ended trading of 415 shares after a 5 cents rise to $5.37, Caribbean Producers traded 100,000 units with the price moving 10 cents higher to $4.60, Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, with 10,000 shares changing hands, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.90, with an exchange of 266,310 shares. Dolphin Cove climbed 95 cents higher to $14.95 in trading 15,000 shares,  Everything Fresh  finished with a loss of 9 cents at $1.65, with an exchange of 44,519 stock units, Express Catering  ended trading 17,000 shares with a loss of 3 cents  at $7.46, FosRich Group traded 7,484 shares, at $4. Fontana lost 4 cents to close at $3.91, in exchanging 913,786 shares.General Accident closed at $4, with 5,575 stock units trading, GWest Corporation ended 5 cents higher at $1.80, with an exchange of 10,000 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 11,200 shares, with a loss of 18 cents at $3.80, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 21 cents at $2.70, trading 25,735 shares. Iron Rock settled with a loss of 5 cents at $3.50, with 39,030 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas traded 4,523,710 shares, but lost 10 cents to close at $3.85,  Jetcon Corporation  finished trading 4,015 shares, at $3,  Knutsford Express  concluded trading with a loss of 10 cents at $12.90, with 10,948 stock units passing through the market. Lasco Distributors finished 5 cents higher at $3.80, in exchanging 33,333 units, Lasco Financial settled at $4.80, trading 4,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading with 3,162 shares at $3.27,  Main Event traded 80 cents higher at $5.80, with 6,657 shares crossing the stock exchange platform. Medical Disposables jumped 99 cents and finished trading 65,774 stock units at $6.49,  SSL Venture Capital concluded trading of 4,500 shares, at $1.95,  Stationery and Office  finished 15 cents higher at $8.25, in exchanging 9,551 shares and tTech ended trading of 138 units with a loss of 39 cents to $5.50.
In the junior  market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1, with the trading 6,652 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at
which the last trade took place.

Cement & RJR on watch alert

Carib Cement could earn $5.30 in 2019.

The action on the Jamaica Stock Exchange is focused on the main market currently as it continues to exhibit clear bullish signs, that propelled by a recent wedge formation and is also being steered upwards by a long term upward sloping support line, that goes
back to early 2016.

The main market is just 9,625.14 points away from the peak
reached of 433,307.22 points reached on 29-Nov-last on the All Jamaica Index. The Junior Market is consolidating with
a slight negative bias, even as this market seems far more undervalued than the main market.
This week investors will see a series of releases with some expected to move the prices of some of the companies. The stocks in this
category to watch keenly are Jamaica Stock Exchange that should report a doubling in profit for the 2018. Berger Paints, Grace Kennedy, Jamaica Producers, Mayberry Investments that should show the full impact of the new accounting standard that will book all investments gains or losses directly to regular profit and loss, Sagicor Group, PanJam Investment. Release of full year’s results for Caribbean Cement last week, provided fuel that drove the price up to $51.50. Supply of the stock is low, with profit prospects for 2019 looking good.
Last weeks’ release of Fontana’s half year results, were mixed, with slightly higher profit for the six months but lower profit for the December quarter, the latter from modest sales increase, halted the advance of the price of the stock. The stock is likely to trade around the $4 level for a while. Investors ought to be focusing on the expansion plans and what that will do to profit in fiscal 2020. Wisynco continues to trade around the $12 mark but could break out at any time demand existing to buy just below $12 and supply drastically reduced compared to the period before the company released six months results.
Demand remains high for Buy Rated Radio Jamaica but supply has virtually dried up and so the stage may be set for higher prices ahead. The price moved up to $1.40 during last week but pulled back afterwards to trade back at $1 on Friday before heading back to close at $1.25.
Elite Diagnostic continues to trade around $3.10 with a gap developing between the bids at $3.10 and sellers at $3.40. Will buyers move higher or will sellers come down where the majority of buyers are?  Watch to see how this develops.
Buying for General Accident continues between $4 and $4.25, when will the break out takes place is unknown, but the valuation suggest that it could be sooner than later as the company is expected to build on the 2018 results of 29 cents per share in 2019.
The price of Lasco Financial rose during the past week but the price could inch higher this week but investors may not be ready push it much higher in the short term
Medical Disposables bid at the close on Friday was $5.50 with offer at $6.49, a wide gap that will close at some time. The company’s expansion into consumer products offers scope for a faster growth in profit going forward and that swill help the stock in the latter half of 2018. The latest results show, it is going take sometime for the expected growth to really take hold.

More gains for Junior Market – Friday

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Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with on Friday with the Index rising 19.51 points to 3,127.87 as the prices of 10 securities rose, 10 fell and 8 remained unchanged. 
Trading resulted in an exchange of 2,862,529 units valued at $11,545,436 with 28 securities changing hands, compared to 2,207,101 units valued at $8,095,275 on Thursday from 26 securities. Main Event closed at a 52 weeks’ low of $5.
Trading ended with an average of 102,233 units for an average of $412,337 in contrast to 84,889 units for an average of $311,357 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 241,136 valued at $658,769 and previously 251,058 valued at $676,371. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
At the close of the trading, AMG Packaging ended 4 cents higher at $2.49, trading 43,526 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 31,589 units, with a loss of 6 cents at $4.94, Cargo Handlers settled at $14, with 5,850 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished trading 164,694 units, with a loss of 20 cents at $4.50. Consolidated Bakeries closed at $1.80, with an exchange of 10,350 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 15 cents higher at $2.95, in exchanging 390,716 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 1,973 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $14, Everything Fresh ended 4 cents higher at $1.74, with 4,500 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 25 cents at $3.15, trading 10,984 units. Express Catering ended trading 241,022 shares, with a loss of 1 cent to close at $7.49, FosRich Group traded 48,639 shares at $4, Fontana finished trading 9 cents higher at $3.95, with 337,361 shares crossing the exchange platform, General Accident closed at $4, with 39,838 stock units changing hands. GWest Corporation ended 5 cents higher at $1.75, with an exchange of 97,288 units, Honey Bun concluded trading of 600 shares, with a loss of 1 cent to end at $3.98, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 8 cents at $2.91, trading 19,777 shares, Iron Rock settled 5 cents higher at $3.55, in exchanging 29,885 shares. ISP Finance ended trading 15,000 stock units, at $13, Jamaican Teas traded 10,000 units, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $3.95,  Jetcon Corporation  finished trading 6,200 shares and rose 39 cents to end at $3,  Knutsford Express  concluded trading of just 100 stock units at $13. Lasco Distributors  exchanged 865,988 units, at $3.75,  Lasco Financial  settled 1 cent higher at $4.80, with an exchange of 85,000 shares, Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading 323,827 shares at $3.27, Main Event  traded with 1,000 shares with a loss of 70 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $5. Medical Disposables gained 10 cents to $5.50, with 63,322 stock units changing hands, SSL Venture Capital ended 25 cents higher at $1.95, trading 4,500 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading with 9,000 shares with a loss of 40 cents to close at $8.10.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Junior Market inches higher – Thursday

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended with on Thursday the Index gaining 7.05 points to close at 3,108.36 as the prices of 10 securities rose, 10 fell and 6 remained unchanged. 
At the close of market settled with 26 securities changing hands, compared to with 27 securities on Wednesday, resulting in an exchange of 2,207,101 units valued at $8,095,275 compared to 2,637,177 units valued at $9,847,525 on Wednesday.
Trading ended with an average of 84,889 units for an average of $311,357 in contrast to 97,673 units for an average of $364,723 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 251,058 valued at $676,371 and previously 270,714 valued at $702,301. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.45, with 43,350 stock units trading, Blue Power concluded trading with 100 units, at $5, CAC 2000 closed at $12.12, with 2,000 shares changing hands, Caribbean Producers finished trading 22,620 units at $4.70, Derrimon Trading ended 10 cents higher at $2.80, exchanging 394,231 shares. Dolphin Cove traded 200 shares at $15,  Everything Fresh finished 10 cents higher at $1.70, with 57,666 stock units changing hands, Elite Diagnostic settled 40 cents higher at $3.40, trading 20,000 shares, Express Catering ended trading with 92,005 shares and rose 44 cents to $7.50. FosRich Group traded 1,200 shares after closing 2 cents higher at $4, Fontana finished trading with a loss of 9 cents at $3.86, with 211,257 shares passing through the market, General Accident closed at $4, trading 33,084 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 1 cent higher at $1.70, with an exchange of 63,959 units. Indies Pharma finished 19 cents higher at $2.99, exchanging 145,371 shares, Iron Rock settled with a loss of $1.50 down to $3.50, with 10,000 shares traded, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 134,604 shares with a loss of 54 cents at $2.61, Knutsford Express  exchanged 30,553 stock units after rising $2.10 to close at $13. Lasco Distributors  finished 5 cents higher at $3.75, trading 86,259 units, Lasco Financial  settled with a loss of 1 cent at $4.79, with 31,401 shares changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading with 500,787 shares after closing 7 cents higher at $3.27. Main Event  traded 13,357 shares with a loss of 10 cents to end at $5.70. Medical Disposables  lost 35 cents to close at $5.40, with 147,678 stock units passing through the market, Paramount Trading  closed with a loss of 32 cents at $2.08, after 90,800 units traded. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 20 cents at $1.70, with 23,937 shares, Stationery and Office concluded trading of 40,000 shares  at $8.50 and tTech settled with a loss of 86 cents at $5.89, in exchanging 10,682 stock units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Junior Market climbs – Wednesday

Junior market trading ended with the Index gaining 27.35 points to close at 3,101.31 on Wednesday with the prices of 13 securities advancing, 9 declining and 5 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 27 securities changing hands, compared to 26 previously, resulting in an exchange of 2,637,177 units valued at $9,847,525, compared to 3,139,829 units valued at $14,134,481 on Tuesday.
Trading ended with an average of 97,673 units for an average of $364,723 in contrast to 120,763 units for an average of $543,634 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 270,714 valued at $702,301 and previously 276,019 valued at $729,188. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging ended at $2.50, with an exchange of 2,420 stock units, Blue Power traded 6,315 units and rose 15 cents to close at $5, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 48 cents at $12.12, with 500 shares changing hands. Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 50 cents at $14, in exchanging 500 shares, Caribbean Flavours traded 500 stock units with a gain of $1.42 to close at $18, Caribbean Producers finished trading 19,809 units at $4.70, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.70, with an exchange of 155,256 shares. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 700 shares at $15, with a loss of 50 cents. Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 19 cents at $1.60, trading 57,525 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3, with an exchange of 4,100 units, Express Catering ended trading of 62,902 shares, at $7.06. FosRich Group traded 204,252 shares, with a loss of 7 cents to close at $3.98, Fontana finished trading with a loss of 4 cents at $3.95, with 816,855 shares changing hands. General Accident closed 1 cent higher at $4, while exchanging 82,475 stock units, GWest Corporation ended 14 cents higher at $1.69, with 15,182 units trading, Honey Bun concluded trading of 201,036 shares and rose 14 cents higher to $3.99,  Indies Pharma finished 10 cents higher at $2.80, in exchanging 61,592 shares. ISP Finance  ended trading with 5,000 stock units and climbed $2 to $13,  Jamaican Teas  traded 81,678 units for 28 cents more at $4, Jetcon Corporation finished trading 446,571 shares, adding 15 cents to end at $3.15,  Knutsford Express  lost $1.60 cents to close at $10.90, with 4,100 stock units changing hands. Lasco Distributors  finished with a loss of 29 cents at $3.70, with 210,378 units trading, Lasco Financial  settled 24 cents higher at $4.80, with 82,082 shares crossing through the exchange, Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading with 101,576 shares, and rose 4 cents to end at $3.20,  Medical Disposables finished trading 1,381 stock units and gained 25 cents to end at $5.75. SSL Venture Capital ended with a loss of 5 cents at $1.90, trading 9,803 shares and Stationery and Office concluded trading 30 cents higher at $8.50, with 2,689 shares changing hands.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Trading rose on Junior Market – Friday

In an active trading session on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, 27 securities changed hands, resulting in an exchange of 4,398,457 units valued at $19,730,388. 
On thursday, 26 securities traded resulting in an exchnage of 2,388,739 units valued at $8,494,707.
Market activities closed, with the prices of 7 securities rising, 12 falling and 8 remaining unchanged, leading the market index down by 13.37 points to close 3,097.20.
Trading ended with an average of 162,906 units for an average of $730,755 in contrast to 91,875 units for an average of $326,720 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to units 309,902 valued at $794,081 and previously 325,286 shares valued $800,708. In contrast, January closed with average of 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 4 stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, Access Financial climbed $1.10 to close at $48.10, with 650 shares changing hands, AMG Packaging ended at $2.50, with 2,500 stock units trading, Blue Power concluded trading 11,279 units, at $5, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 50 cents at $14, with an exchange of 10,500 shares. Caribbean Cream ended trading of 3,490 shares at $5.37, Caribbean Flavours traded $1.50 higher at $19.50, with 10,000 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Producers traded 260,597 units with a loss of 5 cents at $4.70, Consolidated Bakeries closed with a loss of 9 cents at $2, trading 15,000 shares. Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 5 cents at $2.45, while exchanging 10,000 shares, Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 431,524 shares, with a loss of $1.35 at $14, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 10 cents at $1.80, with 213,985 stock units passing through the market. Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 30 cents to close at $3.10, exchanging 52,000 units, Express Catering ended trading of 1,990 shares after adding 44 cents to close at $7.50, FosRich Group traded 32,795 shares and moved 17 cents higher to $4.17,  Fontana  finished trading of 123,255 shares, with a loss of 5 cents to close at $3.95. General Accident  closed at $4, with an exchange of 155,848 stock units, GWest Corporation  ended at $1.45, with 4,600 units trading. Indies Pharma  ended 6 cents higher at $2.80, with an exchange of 15,140 shares, Jamaican Teas  traded 537,851 units and rose 5 cents to $4, Jetcon Corporation  finished trading with a loss of 11 cents at $3.07, in exchanging 925,520 shares, Lasco Distributors  gained 24 cents to close at $3.99, with 426,911 units trading. Lasco Financial  settled with a loss of 15 cents at $4.35, in exchanging 119,944 shares, Lasco Manufacturing  ended trading 138,653 shares with a loss of 1 cent in closing at $3.19, Main Event traded 240,861 shares, with a loss of 30 cents at $5.50,  Medical Disposables  finished trading at $5.50, with 24,000 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading closed at $2.40, trading 35,364 units and SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.95, with 594,200 shares traded.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

AMG in big Junior Market trade – Wednesday

AMG Packaging dominated trading with more than 60m shares.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange jumped sharply on Wednesday as 60.67 million shares of AMG Packaging, passed through the exchange, pushing the overall trade for the day to an exchange of 62,035,877 units valued at $128,041,203.
Market activity on Tuesday resulted in just 3,645,419 units valued at $11,521,269.
Trading ended with another big fall the market index of 49.68 points following the 45.69 points drop on Tuesday, to close at 3,059.15. a total of 30 securities changed hands, compared to 28 on Tuesday, resulting in the prices of 9 securities advancing, 10 declining and 11 remaining unchanged.
Trading closed with an average of 2,067,863 units for an average of $4,268,040 in contrast to 130,194 units for an average of $411,474 on Tuesday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 351,444 shares valued $853,828 and previously 96,530 shares valued $346,767. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 2 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed at $47, with an exchange of 1,021 shares, AMG Packaging closed with a loss of 15 cents at $2.20, in exchanging 60,673,553 shares, with the bulk of the trade, taking place at $2. Blue Power ended at $5, trading 1,200 stock units, Cargo Handlers closed at $14.70, with 40,556 shares changing hands, Caribbean Cream settled with a loss of 48 cents at $5.37, in the trading of 4,040 shares. Caribbean Flavours ended trading with 1,704 shares with a rise of 15 cents to close at $16.15, Caribbean Producers traded 173,500 stock units, at $4.70, Consolidated Bakeries gained 39 cents to end at $2.09, with 239 units changing hands, Derrimon Trading closed with a loss of 10 cents at $2.50, with an exchange of 6,393 shares. Everything Fresh concluded trading with 18,226 shares with a rise of 25 cents to $1.85, Elite Diagnostic finished 9 cents higher at $3.09, with an exchange of 58,350 stock units, Express Catering settled with a loss of 49 cents at $7, trading 31,584 units, FosRich Group ended trading 4,474 shares and rose 30 cents to close at $4. Fontana traded 20 cents higher at $3.90, with 487,017 shares changing hands, General Accident finished trading 57,162 shares, at $3.99, GWest Corporation closed 5 cents higher at $1.36, in exchanging 40,406 stock units, Honey Bun gained 10 cents to close at $3.80, with an exchange of 11,980 units, Indies Pharma concluded trading of 93,909 shares at $2.90. Jamaican Teas ended trading with 300 stock units at $4,  Jetcon Corporation  traded 14,500 units with a loss of 7 cents at $3.18,  Knutsford Express  ended with a loss of 20 cents at $12.50, with an exchange of 103,076 shares, Lasco Distributors  ended trading of 73,727 stock units at $3.75. Lasco Financial  closed with a loss of 15 cents at $4.35, with 35,401 units changing hands, Lasco Manufacturing  settled 2 cents higher at $3.29, trading 35,900 shares, Main Event ended trading 4,452 shares, with a loss of 20 cents at $5.80, Medical Disposables  traded 18,000 shares with a loss of 10 cents to close at $5.50. Paramount Trading finished trading 6,500 stock units at $2.40 and Stationery and Office ended with a loss of 40 cents at $8, trading 27,474 shares. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 9.5% ended at $1, with 6,400 stock units trading and Derrimon Trading 9% concluded trading at $2.10, with 4,833 units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Big fall for Junior Market – Tuesday

Indies Pharma traded 2m shares on Tuesday.

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Tuesday with a sharp fall the market index of 45.69 points to close at 3,108.83 as the prices of 8 securities advanced, 12 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
Trading saw 28 securities changing hands compared to 27 on Monday, resulting in an exchange of 3,645,419 units valued at $11,521,269, compared to 3,202,720 units valued at $12,121,438 on Monday.
Trading ended with an average of 130,194 units for an average of $411,474 in contrast to 118,619 units for an average of $448,942 on Monday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 96,530 shares valued $346,767 and previously 91,113 shares valued $336,354. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 7 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 3 closing with lower offers.
t the close of the day’s activities, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 15 cents at $2.35, with 120,000 stock units changing hands, Blue Power concluded trading of 15,300 units, with a loss of 80 cents at $5, CAC 2000 finished 20 cents higher at $12.60, trading just 100 shares. Caribbean Cream ended trading of 2,000 shares, with a loss of 10 cents to close at $5.85, Caribbean Producers finished trading of 17,450 units with a loss of 5 cents at $4.70, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 35 cents at $2.60, with 41,010 shares changing hands. Dolphin Cove concluded trading of 10,200 shares with a rise of 60 cents to $15.40, Everything Fresh finished with a loss of 1 cent at $1.60, with an exchange of 72,397 stock units, Elite Diagnostic settled with a loss of 19 cents at $3, in trading 53,414 units. Express Catering ended trading 17,236 shares, with a loss of 1 cent at $7.49, FosRich Group traded 67,552 shares with a loss of 29 cents at $3.70, Fontana finished trading at $3.70, with 557,982 shares changing hands, General Accident closed with a loss of 1 cent at $3.99, with an exchange of 271,129 stock units. GWest Corporation ended 20 cents higher at $1.31, with 29,675 units changing hands, Honey Bun concluded trading of 20,520 shares, at $3.70, Indies Pharma finished with a loss of 5 cents at $2.90, in exchanging 2,013,889 shares, Jamaican Teas  traded 17,000 units at $4, Jetcon Corporation  finished trading 6 cents higher at $3.25, in exchanging 25,475 shares. Knutsford Express  concluded trading of 996 stock units, with a rise of 20 cents to $12.70,  Lasco Distributors  closed 5 cents higher at $3.75, with 26,427 units trading, Lasco Financial  settled at $4.50, with an exchange of 47,259 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading of 400 shares and rose 9 cents higher to $3.27. Main Event  traded 21,655 shares at $6,  Medical Disposables  finished trading 300 stock units with a loss of 90 cents to $5.60,  Paramount Trading  closed at $2.40, in an exchange of 25,500 units, SSL Venture Capital ended 1 cent higher at $1.95, with 1,000 shares changing hands and  Stationery and Office  concluded trading with 22,617 shares at $8.40. In the junior market preference segment, CAC 2000 closed at $1, with the trading of 146,936 shares.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

 

Junior Market trading rises – Monday

Fontana Waterloo branch under construction in Kingston

Trading on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange settled on Monday and resulting in an exchange of 3,202,720 units valued at $12,121,438, compared to 1,501,161 units valued at $5,720,483 on Friday.
Trading was dominated by Fontana with 75 percent of the total volume traded in the Junior Market.
At the close, 27 securities changed hands versus 22 changing hands on Friday leading to the prices of 12 securities advancing, 9 declining and 6 remaining unchanged and a rise of 25.69 points in the market index to close at 3,154.52.
Trading ended with an average of 118,619 units for an average of $448,942 in contrast to 68,235 units for an average of $260,022 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 91,113 shares valued $336,354 and previously 86,061 shares valued $315,674. In contrast, the average trade in January was 2,245,428 units with a value of $7,372,574 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 6 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activities, Access Financial closed at $47, in trading 5,515 shares, AMG Packaging ended 10 cents higher at $2.50, with an exchange of 31,162 stock units, Blue Power concluded trading of 10,218 units after rising 80 cents to $5.80, CAC 2000 finished with a loss of 10 cents at $12.40, in exchanging 3,200 shares. Derrimon Trading ended 5 cents higher at $2.95, with 53,000 shares changing hands, Everything Fresh lost 22 cents to end at $1.61, with 63,050 stock units trading, Elite Diagnostic settled at $3.19, with an exchange 26,852 units, Express Catering ended trading of 21,766 shares with a loss of 30 cents at $7.50. FosRich Group traded just 103 shares with a loss of 1 cent at $3.99, Fontana finished trading 10 cents higher at $3.70, with 2,408,200 shares trading, General Accident closed with 80,376 stock units trading, with the price rising 10 cents higher to $4, GWest Corporation fell 19 cents to an all-time low of $1.11, with an exchange of 98,080 units. Honey Bun concluded trading of 36,070 shares with a loss of 5 cents at $3.70, Indies Pharma lost 19 cents at $2.95, in trading 36,151 shares, Jamaican Teas traded 1,140 units at $4,  Jetcon Corporation  finished trading 5,100 shares, with a rise of 4 cents to $3.19. Knutsford Express  fell 20 cents to end at $12.50, in exchanging 45,925 stock units, Lasco Distributors finished with a loss of 30 cents at $3.70, trading 89,999 units, Lasco Financial settled 30 cents higher at $4.50, with an exchange of 14,610 shares, Lasco Manufacturing ended trading 133,307 shares 8 cents higher at $3.18. Main Event  traded 20,196 shares and moved 30 cents higher to $6,  Medical Disposables  finished trading at $6.50, with an exchange of 2,000 stock units, Paramount Trading  ended swapping 7,000 units for 35 cents higher at $2.40, SSL Venture Capital ended at $1.94, with an exchange of 700 shares. Stationery and Office concluded trading of 1,000 shares and jumped 90 cents higher to $8.40 and tTech settled 4 cents higher at $5.84, with 2,000 stock units changing hands. In the Junior Market preference segment, Derrimon Trading ended at $2.10, with the trading of 6,000 stock units.

Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.